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1 Samuel 25:27

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27 "Now let 1this gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany * my lord.
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1 Samuel 25:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:27

And now this blessing, which thine handmaid hath brought unto
my lord
The present, consisting of the things mentioned in ( 1 Samuel 25:18 ) ; which came as a blessing from God, and with good will from her:

let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord;
the servants of David: in the original it is, "that walk at the feet of my lord": and which the Targum paraphrases, "who minister before my lord"; and so Abigail's damsels are called "pedissequae", or "that walked at her feet", ( 1 Samuel 25:42 ) ; and with the Romans, in later times, servants were called a "pedibus" and "pedissequi" F4. This also is very artfully said, as if the present was not good enough for David, and worthy of his acceptance; might be agreeable to his men, and of service to them.

FOOTNOTES:

F4 Vid. Pignorium de Servis, p. 140, 248, 293.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Samuel 25:27 In-Context

25 "Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
26 "Now therefore, my lord , as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord , be as Nabal.
27 "Now let this gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord .
28 "Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD , and evil will not be found in you all your days.
29 "Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Genesis 33:11; 1 Samuel 30:26

Footnotes 2

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